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Updated: 5:29 PM CDT Apr 30, 2020

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STEVE: NEW TONIGHT A MAHASKA , COUNTY WOMAN CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE MURDER CLAIMS HER HUSBAND TOLD HER TO SHOOT AND KILL HIM IN HIS SLEEP. KCCI SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL TALKED WITH THE SHERIFF TODAY. REPORTER: THE SHERIFF HERE IN MAHASKA COUNTY IS BEEN ON THE JOB FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS AND THIS IS THE FIRST MURDER HE’S HAD TO DEAL WITH. THIS IS WHERE IT HAPPENS, IN A FARMHOUSE JUST NORTH OF OSKALOOSA IN A RURAL AREA OF MAHASKA COUNTY. COURT RECORDS SHOW 69-YEAR-OLD CAROL ANN DAVIS CALLED DISPATCHERS IN POWESHIEK COUNTY WEDNESDAY TO TELL THEM SHE HAD SHOT AND KILLED HER HUSBAND DAYS EARLIER. A MAHASKA COUNTY DEPUTY MET WITH DAVIS. COURT RECORDS SHOW SHE TOLD THE DEPUTY SHE HAD SHOT HER HUSBAND, STEVE DAVIS, IN THE HEAD SUNDAY MORNING. AND A SEARCH WARRANT INDICATES CAROL ANN DAVIS TOLD INVESTIGATORS HER HUSBAND TOLD HER TO SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD AFTER HE WENT TO SLEEP. SHE CLAIMS HE WAS UPSET ABOUT WORK. SHE DETAILED HOW SHE HAD SHOT HIM WITH A PISTOL AND THEN HID THE PISTOL INSIDE THEIR HOME. THE DEPUTY PLACED DAVIS IN CUSTODY AND DISCOVERED THE BODY OF STEVE DAVIS IN THEIR BED. THE DEPUTY REPORTED THAT A FIREARM DESCRIBED BY DAVIS WAS FOUND INSIDE THE HOME AS WELL. >> AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION WE DID LOOK INTO THE HISTORY AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE CALLS. BUT NO D

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A Mahaska County woman charged with first-degree murder claims her husband told her to shoot and kill him in his sleep. According to court records, 69-year-old Carol Ann Davis called dispatchers in Poweshiek County Wednesday to tell them she shot and killed her husband days earlier. When meeting with a Mahaska County deputy, Davis said she shot her husband, Steve Davis, in the head Sunday morning.A search warrant indicates Carol Ann Davis told police her husband told her to shoot him in the head after he went to sleep. According to the warrant, Davis claimed her husband was upset about work and detailed how she had shot him with a pistol hidden inside their home.The deputy reported placing Davis in custody, discovering the body of Steve Davis in the couple’s bed and locating the firearm.“As part of the investigation we did look into the history, the call history there at that residence, and there is multiple calls there but no domestic violence that I'm aware of,” Mahaska County Sheriff Russell Van Renterghem said.Carol Ann Davis is being held in Mahaska County Jail.

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A Mahaska County woman charged with first-degree murder claims her husband told her to shoot and kill him in his sleep.

According to court records, 69-year-old Carol Ann Davis called dispatchers in Poweshiek County Wednesday to tell them she shot and killed her husband days earlier.

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When meeting with a Mahaska County deputy, Davis said she shot her husband, Steve Davis, in the head Sunday morning.

A search warrant indicates Carol Ann Davis told police her husband told her to shoot him in the head after he went to sleep.

According to the warrant, Davis claimed her husband was upset about work and detailed how she had shot him with a pistol hidden inside their home.

The deputy reported placing Davis in custody, discovering the body of Steve Davis in the couple’s bed and locating the firearm.

“As part of the investigation we did look into the history, the call history there at that residence, and there is multiple calls there but no domestic violence that I'm aware of,” Mahaska County Sheriff Russell Van Renterghem said.